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Delaware Township, NJ Office of Emergency Management
Saturday March 27th, 2010 :: 04:11 p.m. EDT

Advisory

FLOOD WATCH in effect for HUNTERDON COUNTY from late Sunday thru Tuesday afternoon

FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
339 PM EDT SAT MAR 27 2010

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NEW CASTLE-MORRIS-HUNTERDON-SOMERSET-MIDDLESEX-WESTERN MONMOUTH-
MERCER-SALEM-GLOUCESTER-CAMDEN-NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON-OCEAN-
CUMBERLAND-ATLANTIC-SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON-CHESTER-MONTGOMERY-
BUCKS-DELAWARE-PHILADELPHIA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WILMINGTON...MORRISTOWN...FLEMINGTON...
SOMERVILLE...NEW BRUNSWICK...FREEHOLD...TRENTON...PENNSVILLE...
GLASSBORO...CAMDEN...CHERRY HILL...MOORESTOWN...MOUNT HOLLY...
JACKSON...MILLVILLE...HAMMONTON...WHARTON STATE FOREST...
WEST CHESTER...NORRISTOWN...DOYLESTOWN...MEDIA...PHILADELPHIA
339 PM EDT SAT MAR 27 2010

...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY
AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A

* FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHERN DELAWARE...NEW JERSEY AND
SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN
NORTHERN DELAWARE...NEW CASTLE. IN NEW JERSEY...ATLANTIC...
CAMDEN...CUMBERLAND...GLOUCESTER...HUNTERDON...MERCER...
MIDDLESEX...MORRIS...NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON...OCEAN...SALEM...
SOMERSET...SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON AND WESTERN MONMOUTH. IN
SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...BUCKS...CHESTER...DELAWARE...
MONTGOMERY AND PHILADELPHIA.

* FROM LATE SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON

* A COMPLEX AND EVENTUAL CONSOLIDATION OF A SERIES OF LOW PRESSURE
SYSTEMS WILL BRING PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN INTO THE REGION
STARTING SUNDAY NIGHT AND LASTING INTO TUESDAY. LIGHTER RAIN
MIGHT PERSIST INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING AND SLOW THE RECESSION OF
ANY FLOODED WATERWAYS. EVENT PRECIPITATION TOTALS SHOULD AVERAGE
2 TO 4 INCHES. THE COMBINATION OF THE HEAVY RAIN AND ALREADY
NEARLY SATURATED SOIL CONDITIONS WOULD LEAD TO RENEWED FLOODING
ACROSS THE WATCH AREA. FLOODING WOULD BE POSSIBLE ON SMALLER
STREAMS AS WELL AS SOME OF THE LARGER RIVERS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON
CURRENT FORECASTS. PLEASE USE THE DRY WEATHER PRECEDING THIS
PRECIPITATION TO MAKE ALL THE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS YOU CAN.
PLEASE MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD
WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE
PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP.

Address/Location
Delaware Township, NJ Office of Emergency Management
816 Sergeantsville Rd
Stockton, NJ 08559

Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 609-397-8189

William J. Powell
Emergency Management
[email protected]


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